Key Necklaces

By Annie
My weekend started the way all great weekends should – with a trip to the craft store. I bought some supplies to begin my holiday crafting, but while I was there I stumbled across a few really cute key pendants. So I’ve spent the majority of my weekend so far making jewelry instead.
Here’s what [...]

Felt Purse

By Annie
Here’s an adorable and easy project that you can do in an afternoon.  All you need is some felt and a needle and thread.

Steps:

Cut out two identical sheets of felt.  It can be whatever you want the sides of your bag to be. In this one, it’s a little more narrow at the bottom, [...]

Crocheted Hoop Earrings

By Annie
I really love jewelry with a personal touch, and I think that adding details like crocheting can really make a piece stand out.  Pieces like these earrings are so simple, yet people really notice them.

I’ve gotten so many compliments on these earrings, and it was really as simple as attaching some wire to an [...]

Piano Key iPhone Case

By Annie
I’ve been on a sewing kick lately.  My big project has been a t-shirt quilt (which I’ll blog about sometime this week), but I’ve also made a few felt iPhone/iPod cases, including this piano key case.
Poor photo aside (my camera has taken a turn for the worse), this was an incredibly easy project.  All [...]

Silver Leaf Jewelry

By Annie
I found a really cute set of leaf charms this week, so I quickly threw together a necklace/earrings set. 
 
I’ll do something a little more creative with the rest of the leaves, but you can never have enough plain silver pieces.

Revamp Your Lamp

By Annie
I’ve been working on some simple art projects to bring some interest to my boring, white-walled, gray-carpeted bedroom.  My project for today was really fun.  I painted this paper lamp that I bought from IKEA.
The lamp was very inexpensive and easy to paint, since it’s just made of paper.  I debated about what sort [...]

Hoop Necklace

By Annie
I’ve spent the better part of the last couple of days finishing this:

I’m certainly not an expert jewelry maker, so this necklace took a lot of trial and error (and a fair amount of frustration).  But I’ll try to simplify it here.
What you’ll need:

1. Yarn or crochet thread in the color of your choice
2. [...]

I’m Making Progress!

By Annie
Last week I wrote about my spring break project.  I decided that my bedroom was long overdue for a makeover, so I’ve done a little bit of work this week with it, and I think it’s going pretty well.  I picked out some new carpet, which will be installed on Saturday.  And I took [...]

My Spring Break Project

By Annie
Since I’m so not used to having any free time on my hands, and I’m totally not the “woo-spring-break-in-Cancun” sort of girl, I need a project to keep me occupied for the next week.  Since I’ll be living at home with my parents over the summer, I’ve decided that my room is in desperate [...]